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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1941
Page
6
La Plant Quakers open Monday as Light Company field teams defend their seven year hold on the M and J league pennant. Managers report only minor roster changes with veterans retiring, college talent arriving, and midseason juggling possible.
The annual YMCA Life Saving institute runs May 19 20 21 26 27 28 and 29. Open to all 16 year olds and up including women and men. Non members pay a small service fee. Instructors include Charles Gibbon John Stark Leo Baughman Bob Gibson Betty Carruthers Dr Dawson Grim and Gurney Day.
The Mid-Six conference will hold its second track and field meet Tuesday night at Marion. Preliminaries start at 4 p.m. Competitors include Marion Anamosa Manchester Monticello Maquoketa and Tipton.
Athletic director Conrad M Jennings of Marquette marked his fifty fifth birthday as coaches brought a cake with 72 candles to celebrate at Milwaukee.
The Beloit Relays coverage misstated results as Coe winning five events while the Kohawks actually swept five specialties including the two mile relay distance medley shuttle hurdles mile relay and the freshman sprint medley. Grinnell edged Coe for team points.
Special attraction at the championship rodeo staged daily from May 29 to June 1 at Hawkeye Downs. Graham's Juvenile Riders, a top troupe of young riders from the Midwest, perform trick riding, formation riding, fancy drill, and trick roping. The act features a high school pony and has appeared at major events including the International Livestock Show in Chicago and world champion rodeos in Madison Square Garden.
Rambler trackmen win the Valley meet with Cedar Falls placing third and Marion fourth. Individual seniors and juniors claim multiple events including 440, high jump, shot put and discus. Notable marks include 10 feet 6 inches in high jump and 157 feet 2 inches in javelin.
Grinnell Kohawks beat Coe 6-0 at home. Grinnell captured two-set total in a one-sided affair with several straight-set wins by Lord Gilbert George and Oetjen.
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis helped nab a hit and run driver after his car clipped two parked vehicles and struck another car on the way back from the Kentucky Derby. Louis and his party pursued the fleeing truck, catching the driver two blocks away in Louisville.
Missouri defeated Iowa State 79 235 to 51 34 in a Big Six track meet. Elmer Aussicker set shot put and discus marks, Gordon Crosby ran 49.3 for the 440. Aussicker hit 47 feet 9 inches in the shot and 143 feet 10 inches in the discus. Bob Baxter jumped 6 feet 2% inches and Norman Pederson reached 23 feet 1154 inches in the broad jump.
The Best Oil company softball team of Lisbon seeks games with fast teams in Cedar Rapids Marion and nearby towns. Interested teams should write to Best Oil company softball team Lisbon box 397.
Chicago White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes says he has definitely decided to remove himself from the active player roster on May 15. This marks a transition from player to manager role within the club.
American Association in Louisville and Milwaukee games with scattered inning totals. Bayles and Lacy, Balser, Sullivan, Beaslosky, Beiede and others listed. Whitehead, Nordquist, Winegarner, Spindel, Coffman, Struss, Johnson, Fernandes noted. Kansas City and Columbus matchups show rain delay and final tallies.
A quirky combined note reports annual earthquakes numbering 9 000 with the earth’s internal pressure adjusted hourly, linking topical spreads of vast scales to global cycles. The piece blends sports style cadence with geophysical imagery to illustrate ongoing change.
Coe College teams head into two games this week meeting Iowa State Teachers on Monday and Cornell on Friday. Golf also faces the Tutors Monday and Hill toppers Friday with Lester McAllister backed by Richard Ball and Coral Shidle. Cedar Rapids players James Benbow Ken neth McDermott and others will join McAllister for the two matches at Ellis Park.
Reports from opening day May 1 show anglers in Iowa enjoying good trout and bullhead catches. The Towa conservation commission notes 170000 trout slated for stocking and a strong bullhead run across Storm Lake and other lakes. A 721 acre marsh near Riverton will become wildlife refuge and shooting ground. Careful disposal of bait and waste urged on bridges and river banks.
Plans for a four day championship rodeo at Hawkeye Downs May 29 to June 1 progress as All-Town fair manager Charles Veere reports. Stock from Oregon ferries wild Brahma steers and Mexican cattle while a troupe of cowboys and riders prepare for a western parade and publicity office setup in Pendleton.
In a fast quadrangular meet at the Molitors Academy Arms outscored Dartmouth, Iowa, and Columbia with 54.1 points. Crisis set an academy high hurdle record in 14.9 seconds and lowered his 220 yard hurdles mark to 23.7 as Gellis tied his own wins in two events. Will Kuhl led Iowa with top marks in discus and second in high jump. Urbana adds Van Horne to the Corn Valley lineup as twelve teams prepare for summer league play.
May 23 marks the opening of the Allied Industrial Horseshoe League season. Ten teams have entered. entries filed with Joe Jager, Penick and Ford, William Puldal Ta Phint Choate, and Elbert EO Beave at the YMCA.
In a Western conference clash at Tulsa, the Wildcats upset Iowa with strong play from Seymour Greenberg, who swept his singles, while Greenberg and teammates claimed multiple decisive sets. Notable wins included No 1 singles and several doubles matches as the Wildcats edged the Hawkeyes.
The A Z A club of Jewish boys aged 13 to 21 will host a softball game against the Syrians of Cedar Rapids this afternoon at Fille Park. For scheduling games on Sundays call Louie Goliad at 3 1595.
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